Presentations noted the strong growth potential of wood-based materials, as a sustainable and ‘desirable’ construction material, but also the specific fire safety challenges to address. Colleen Wade, Branz Ltd, New Zealand, noted that wood structure construction is in...
Several manufacturers now offer Halogen Free Flame Retardant insulated cladding (IMP = Insulated Metal Panels) in the US according to Building Green. Kingspan first introduced non Halogen Flame Retardant (HFR-free) IMPs in 2013, and is now making them available mass...
TE Connectivity, a global communications electronics supplier with 7 000 engineers worldwide, has launched a Category 5e quad high speed data cable for railway rolling stock and infrastructure applications, compliant to EN45545-2. The cable uses non-halogenated, low...
The fourth Fire Retardant Plastics Conference, organised by AIMPLAS with pinfa support in Valencia, Spain, 4th April, brought together seventy flame retardant producers, compounders, flame retardant users and retailers. Luis Roca of AIMPLAS (the Spanish Plastics...
The UK Government has announced that it will ban “combustible” cladding on all new buildings >18 metres high and which contain residential accommodation, schools, care premises or student housing. The ban concerns all materials not achieving Euroclass A1 or A2 and...
